As a part of Black History Month, Georgia Southern athletics has been spotlighting important student-athletes and coaches that have had a tremendous impact on the program in Eagle history.
One of those important figures is current Georgia Southern head women's basketball coach Anita Howard. When Coach Howard was hired on March 27, 2019, she became the first female African-American head coach in program history. Coach Howard has directed a remarkable turnaround within her four years at the helm of Eagle women's basketball and has the team playing its best basketball of the season heading into the final game of the regular season on Friday at Georgia State.